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Identification history
| Plectobela undescribed species | 5 Feb 2024 | ibaird | ||
| Aeolothapsa malacella | 3 Feb 2024 | donhe | ||
| Unidentified | 2 Feb 2024 | ConBoekel |
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ibaird
wrote:
5 Feb 2024
There are a number of similar candidates here based on photos of similar moths from this region on NatutreMapr. I have ruled out A. malacella because the number and shape of the darker bands on the forewing and the termen shape. Not Coesyra phaeozona I think beacuse the dark marking is not as extensive, the palps are different and plain coloured there is a small dark mark at the base which is absent here. Oecophoridae provisional species 6 has a dark 'collar' which is absent here. Endeolena xanthiella has a darker fringe at the termen and the single dark mark on the forewing is more diffuse and less defined. Endeolena aurinatella more orange looking anshas little more than a 'tick'mark and a darker forewing fringe too. I think the palps here better match 'Plectobela undesctibed species'.
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 31 Jan 2024 09:34 AM Recorded on
- ConBoekel Recorded by
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Unidentified sightings Insects Concealer moths (Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) ConBoekel
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